ktru top 35 albums – January 22, 2012

1 – balaclavas – snake people – dull knife
2 – anibal velasquez y su conjunto – mambo loco – analog africa
3 – various – bollywood bloodbath – b-music
4 – alias – fever dream – anticon
5 – highlife – best bless – new high records
6 – wild flag – wild flag – merge
7 – the men – leave home – sacred bones
8 – buxton – nothing here seems strange – new west
9 – les savy fav – root for ruin – frenchkiss
10 – errors – come down with me – rock action records
11 – indian jewelry – totaled – we are free
12 – gang gang dance – eye contact – 4ad
13 – dj shadow – the less you know, the better – island
14 – mike and the censations – don’t sell your soul – ubiquity
15 – benoit pioulard – lasted – kranky
16 – gem club – breakers – hardly art
17 – christina vantzou – no. 1 – kranky
18 – m83 – hurry up, we’re dreaming – mute
19 – the big pink – a brief history of love – 4ad
20 – drive-by truckers – ugly buildings, whores & politicians – new west
21 – baths – cerulean – anticon
22 – sujo – dimona – inam
23 – olof arnalds – vid og vid – one little indian
24 – various – chillifunk: soulful music for soulful people: part one – chillifunk
25 – tim hecker – dropped pianos – kranky
26 – group inerane – guitars from agadez, volume 3 – sublime frequencies
27 – led bib – bring your own – cuneiform
28 – jonti – twirligig – stones throw
29 – cale, john – paris 1919 – reprise/rhino uk
30 – dungen – skit i allt – kemado records
31 – the headhunters – platinum – owl studios
32 – jandek – seattle friday – corwood industries
33 – various – tradition – porter
34 – tobacco – maniac meat – anticon
35 – gauntlet hair – s/t – dead oceans